"Rogue moons, torn from their planets and flung outward to drift through space, may be as common as stars in the universe, a new study finds.

Moons are common in the solar system, with Jupiter alone possessing at least 67. As such, Yu-Cian Hong, an astrophysicist at Cornell University, wanted to see how moons around distant stars might behave, she said."

Decision-making is shaped by individual differences in the functional brain connectome

Each day brings with it a host of decisions to be made, and each person approaches those decisions differently. A new study by University of Illinois researchers found that these individual differences are associated with variation in specific brain networks – particularly those related to executive, social and perceptual processes.

Researchers say 1st interstellar asteroid likely from double star - View larger. | Artist’s concept of O. On its brief sweep through our solar system in the autumn of 2017, astronomers learned this object dark red and elongated – that it’s tumbling chaotically – and that it’s not coming back. Image via ESO / M. Kornmesser/ RAS. The Royal Astronomical Society in the U.K. announced on March 19, 2018 that the object called 1I/2017 (`Oumuamua) – the first confirmed asteroid known to have journe...

This is a photograph of the "Golden Ears" Mountains and a variety of other peaks in the coast ranges. The river in the foreground is the Pitt River and I photographed this from the PoCo Trail in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada about a month ago. I've been trying to get more resolution in my larger panoramas so this one comes in at 185 megapixels. My computer finds these larger files considerably more taxing to stitch together!

You can see more photos of the Golden Ears from various perspectives here: https://www.mrussellphotography.com/blog/tag/golden-ears/

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request from Pennsylvania Republican legislative leaders to block the implementation of a redrawn congressional map that creates more parity between the political parties in the state.

"Loneliness is an epidemic. We are going through times of profound social change, and the Internet and other new social technologies are huge drivers of this epidemic, allowing us to remain in touch with others without actually having to connect with them."

Cambridge Analytica’s alleged use of Facebook data for voter targeting pales in comparison with the ways in which Facebook itself exploits its private user data for its own purposes and those of the researchers that collaborate with it.

"Facebook representatives told Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign that they had been allowed to use the platform in ways that would have otherwise been prohibited, because Facebook was “on our side,” according to explosive claims from Obama’s former director for media analytics, Carol Davidsen."